Line-holder.



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LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1903.

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WILLIAM JACOB no'rY,

Patented October 13, 1903.

PATENT O FICE.

OF CLIFTON, KANSAS.

LINE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,468, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed July 22, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J AooB-Do'rY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Clifton, in the county of Washington and State of Kansas, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Line Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an-improvement in lineholders and shingling devices, and has for an object to provide a novel construction of device whereby one end of the line may be held in position to mark a line across a roof or other object which it may be desired to mark and then be released and will fiy back automatically to position to hold one end of the cord in marking another line; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings,'Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement as in use. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on about line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

By my invention I seekto avoid the loss of time resulting in one mans shingling a roof from the necessity of his going back across the roof to change the line and by providing. the device with marks'which can be used as a rule.

In the construction shown the holder includes a main bar A, which may be provided at a with marks or graduations to set to the butt of the shingle in shingling the roof. -I also provide the bar A at its opposite ends with the spurs B, projecting to both sides and adapted to slip under the edgeof the roof in order to anchor theholder in position. The lug B is provided on the bar Aabout midway between its ends and operates as a stop for the swinging arm in the snapped-back posi: tion of said arm, as will be described.

The swinging arm 0 is provided at one end at C in connection with the bar A, and a spring D operates upon the swinging arm 0 in such manner as to give the same a tension normally against thelug B. The arm 0 is resilient laterally, being preferably made of spring metal, with its main portion vertical edgewise, so its point can be sprung laterally, and the point C is flattened horizontally to rest upon the lug B and also to engage with the holding devices E and F, which are ar- Serial No. 166,569. (No model.)

ranged opposite each other and are in the form of inwardly-facing hooks separated'sufficiently to permit the swinging arm 0 to escape between them when the said arm is released from the tension of the marking-cord. I employ two of these holding devices arranged opposite each other, so the holder can be used at either end of the root, or, in other words,-right or left, 'and'except for this purpose one of the said holding devices may be employed. v

In practice'the cord G is secured at one end to-the swinging arm, near the free end of the latter, and when the arm is swung to the position shown in Fig. l and is given tension by stress upon the said cord G the swinging arm will be held beneath the holding device F, as

shown in Fig. 1, until the tension of the cord G is released, at which time the free end of the arm 0 will spring from beneath the hook F and will escape between the holding devices E and F and adjust to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. Thus in operation when the line G is arranged as shown in Fig. 1 and is snapped to mark the line across the roof or other object the tension of the cord G may be released and the armswing back to the dotted-line position, Figspl and 2, and the second line be snapped,.as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that all lines may be snapped without necessitating the return of the operator across the roof. While the invention will be especially useful in shingling roofs, it will be understood it may be employed by sign-writers or others'who find it necessary to mark long parallel lines.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that the device may be used 'at either end of the roof or by a right or left handed man, as may be desired. -Bymy invention I provide an. arm carrying the line and which will automatically shift from one position to another in connection with its frame or support, so that two lines may be marked with each adjustment of the holder.

Having thusdescribedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' 1. The improvement in line-holders described comprising the main bar provided at its ends with the spurs projecting in opposite directions and having between its ends the lug forming a stop for the swinging arm, the swinging arm pivoted at one end to the bar and arranged at its outer or swinging end to adjust against the stop-lug, and holding devices on the bar spaced apart and arranged to receive the swinging end of the arm between them, such end of the arm being arranged to be sprung into engagement with one or the other of said holding devices, and a spring for swinging the said arm when released from engagement with said holding de vices substantially as set forth.

2. A line-holder having a swinging springactuated arm and a holding device for securing said arm against its actuating-spring and for releasing the arm to permit the automatic shifting thereof substantially as set forth.

3. A line-holder having a shifting automatically-operated cord-holding device substantially as set forth.

4. A line-holder comprising the main bar, a stop device on the main bar and a swinging spring-actuated arm arranged at its free end to be sprung by the tension of the cord into engagement with the holding device substantially as set forth.

5. A line-holder comprising the main bar having spurs to slip under the edge of the roof, a swinging arm for carrying the line, a spring for shifting the arm, and devices for holding the arm in one position against the tension of its actuating-spring substantially as set forth.

6. A line-holder comprising a bar or support and a swinging arm pivot-ed thereto and shiftable to different positions on the bar or support substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of the main bar, holding devices at one end thereof for engagement with the swinging arm, the swinging arm pivoted to the main bar and a spring for actuating the said arm substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of the main bar or support having means for engagement with the roof and provided with holding devices for engagement by the swinging end of the lineholding arm, the line-holding arm pivoted at one end to the main bar, and a spring for actuating the said arm substantially as set forth.

9. A line-holder comprising. the main-bar provided with means for engagement with the roof and an automatically-shifting device carried by said main bar for connection with the line-marking cord substantially as set forth.

10. A line-holder comprising a main bar or support and an automatically-shifting device thereon for connection with the line-marking cord substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM JACOB DOTY.

Vitnesses:

JESSIE DOTY, T. M. DOLAN. 

